Illinois man fatally shot at Thurston County I-5 rest area Tuesday, troopers say
May 31—A 62-year-old Illinois man died after being shot at an Interstate 5 rest area near Rochester on Tuesday. Load Error The shooting occurred be...
May 31—A 62-year-old Illinois man died after being shot at an Interstate 5 rest area near Rochester on Tuesday. Load Error The shooting occurred before 4:30 p.m. in the parking lot of the Maytown Rest Area on the southbound side of the highway, according to a Washington State Patrol release. In a press memo, WSP alleges a 31-year-old Olympia man shot and killed the 62-year-old man from Schaumburg, Illinois after a "verbal altercation" between the two pedestrians. Troopers arrested the Olympia man on suspicion of second-degree murder and booked him into the Thurston County jail "without incident," according to the release.